there is absolutely no justification for this it type of senseless violence. none. >> the president tonight tonight vowing that justice

will be done for those responsible forked murders of four americans in libya. i'm larry beil in for dan ashley tonight. tensions running high across the middle east as protesters continue to clash with police/video just in from cairo, ediplomat near the u.s. embassy. the u.s. is sending two warships in to libya in response to the attacks that killed a bay area u.s. diplomat along with three others. among the dead, ambassador christopher stevens. he went to high school and college in the bay area and was appointed to that post in libya within the last few months. heather ishimaru with a look at steven's life. >> my name is chris stevens and i'm the new u.s. ambassador to libya. >> reporter: chris stevens made this video to introduce himself to the people of libya. friends and family described him as a natural diplomat. a dream ambassador, knowledgeable, experienced and quietly unpreten showers.

>> the world needs more of these guys not fewer and i think it is why he was so good at his job because he was always trying to find ways to find common ground between people. >> this was something completely unexpected considering how well liked the a.m. was door -- ambassador was in libya and how effective he had been. >> he was fluent in arabic. >> one of the things that impressed me when i was last in libya was listening to the stories from the people who were old enough to study and travel in the united states back when we had closer relations. those days are back. >> he was a history major at cal and a 1989 graduate of hastings. one of his professors was still in touch with him yes. >> went to go save his own

people. he could have sent the marines or staff mens to the consultate. he didn't have to go in there and he chose to go in there to try and save his people. seems that is just the epitome of what chris was all about in the foreign service. >> a 1978 graduate of piedmont high school where he was in the model u.n. and active in the theater department. he loved tennis and running and his friends. >> even after he had been appointed to the ambassador he was still on facebook, still making jokes and stillle staying in touch with people. he never ever lost the ability to just reach out to people and be great. >> stevens brother says chris never married. he spent the final weeks of his life attending a friend's wedding in sweden and then stopped off in vienna for good triple crowns and museums before returning to libya to get back to work. heather ishimaru, abc 7 news. live at uc berkeley tonight

a candle light vigil is just getting underway. >> if you take a look behind me i'm he at the fraternity house at cal and the candle light vigil started just a few moments ago. you can see the brothers out here honoring and remembering their fallen brother, u.s. ambassador to libya chris if he steven. we have more of the introduction video he made to introduce himself to the the people of libya. i spoke with a friend who says he was always positive and just really wanted to help the people there. i spoke to his step father who says it was a privilege to have been his step father for 36 years. he says despite the risk, stevens is right where he wanted to be. >> i would have thought he wanted a more cushy career in a more exotic and comfortable place but he believed in doing that and working for the democracy and for an improvement of that society and

so it came back to kill him. >> reporter: and president obama called the family tonight and his step father says he was freshtive of that and the president spoke as if he had lost a colleague, not as if he was reading any sort of script so he was very purchasetive of that. the vigil should go on for a half hour. they are are expecting some alumnus to come by and receive and talk about their fallen brother. iville more tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00. in berkeley, abc 7 new its. we will see you at 11:00. initial reports indicated the attack in libya was in retaliation for a movie trailer that made fun of islam and the prophet muhammad. u.s. government officials are saying there is evidence this was a planned terrorist attack. mark matthews has the reaction. >> reporter: the attack that

killed ambassador stevens and three other american diplomats was carried out on september 11th by a group of three men firing automatic weapons and firing rocket propelled grenades. >> it is not simply a threat to the koran. that sometimes will provoke a street demonstration but the actual terrorist attacks are better planned and i'm sure this was planned for awhile. >> reporter: tom hendrickson believes u.s. foreign policy towards libya may have played a part. >> there has been a til tendency upon the administration and the american people which administration reflects to think we can leave the middle east to its own devices and we can somehow not intervene in libya, leave it go, not be engaged in certain parts of the world. >> hendrickson points to the u.s. withdrawal from iraq but that criticism confound's canada's former ambassador to the european union. >> i don't find the criticism in the slightest warranted.

i find it goofy. >> he finds no evidence that american foreign policy towards libya is one of december engagement. >> it ambassador stevens as is the custom now increasingly for american ambassadors was making it a point to be out among the people and not just living in a kind of ambassador's bubble. he wanted to be seen and he wanted to see and he wanted to follow the first lesson of ambassadors which is to listen to the people. >> reporter: tom hendrickson said at least at the very least u.s. embassies and consultates should have more security and the president has said he will beef up security but former ambassador jeremy kinsman said added security can leave the impression that the united states is remote and disengaged. in the newsroom, mark matthews, abc 7 news. dignitaries and first responders from around the country will attend tomorrow's funeral service for highway patrol officer ken yon young

strom. he was shot and skilled in a traffic stop last week. we will broadcast the funeral live on abc 7 and stream it live on the website abc7.com. if you want to make a contribution to the officer h's family visit any wells is fargo bank or mechanics bank and ask that it go to the kenyon jungstrom children's memorial fund. the saturday searches for sierra lamar will continue for the foreseeable future. they hope a once a week search will be more toe cussed and productive. she was last seen before leaving for school. a few companies in history have figured out a way to create more of a frenzy when they release a new you product than apple and today apple released the new iphone 5 in san francisco. david louie has seen and touched the new phone. >> reporter: we have got the some really cool stuff to show you. >> reporter: what makes the few

iphone 5 cool is its size. thinner and lighter and faster than any predecessors. the high resolution screen is one and a third inches tallers that allows five rows of app icons on the home screen instead of four. >> just because everybody is making bigger fatter wider devices we are not going to do that. we keep it the same size and give your more dimension in the height of the screen. >> it will run on the 4 g and lte and battery life has been improved. apple also has dropped google for its map program and created its own that provides spoken turn by turn navigation. there are also overhead maps that give you a 3d view of major landmarks. apple also introduced a new digital dot connector called lightning which replaces a 30 pin connector and new ear buds

it calls ear pods. it made them fit better by measuring the ears of hundreds of people. they also claim the sound is better. >> added technology and consumers where going to love it. >> reporter: the inning nears didn't stop there. also came up with new features for the ipod nanomp 3 music player and improvements including a faster processor that renders graphics faster. the itunes store redesigned. apple has fared no expense to create first rate products consumers will snap up. >> they have deep pockets to increase r & d and they go after the best components and the best processors for manufacturing to assure quality. >> in san francisco, david louie, abc 7 news. as you might expect, ample stock went up by $9.20 a share

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a big construction dig revealed something amazing in san francisco that is now drawing the attention of paleontologists. the discovery was made by crews working on the new you transbay terminal project at first street between mission and howard. carolinas carolinas has the willie ma moth details. >> it started at just another day for crane operator brandon. >> i excavating using a hammer grab and going through a layer of sand and suddenly i notice some strange object that came out. >> reporter: this is what he had pulled up from 110 feet below the surface. the tooth and part of a jaw of a woolie ma math considered the most famous of the prehistoric mammals. cousin of the modern day elephant. >> this bay stuff is the original enamel preserved along

with the tooth. >> the paleontologist calls the fossil a well preserved and significant time. the willie ma moth lived 1.8 million to 11 million years ago. >> he believes the fragments can be 10 or 11,000 years. >> it is a big deal so we can study it and get age dates which help us figure out techtonics. >> throughout the project transbay officials have had archaeologyities on the scene. the work here continues on schedule but now everyone is on the lookout for another piece of what one observant crane operator scooped up and set aside. >> few people tried to convince me it is just a rock but it looked too perfect to be a rock. >> if somebody were to come in and say we think there might be

a tusk or hair or kin if it is safe to do further eck kailey investigation we would do that. >> the transbay joint powers authority plans to donate the fragments to the california academy of sciences to exhibit. in san francisco, carolinas carolinas, abc 7 news. -- caroline tyler, abc 7 new its. scientists discovered well preserved frozen wooly mammoth fragments that may contain living cells. it will take months to determine if it they actually have any living cells but ultimately researchers hope to clone a mammoth. i'm not sure that is a great idea. it didn't end well in jurassic park. they are being called the robin hood bandits. four suspected bank robbers trying to escape from police and they start tossing out bundles of cash to pipeline the

streets and the word gets out and more are and more people are rushing into the streets to try to scoop up the money. the chase began at a bank in santa clarita and ended downtown when another suv driver cut the people off. the thieves off. it is not clear whether the driver cut them off on purpose. in ohio, a driver in a real h hurry takes a bizarre shortcut. the woman driving this car didn't want to wait for the school bus so drove on to the sidewalk to get around it. >> what! >> the bus driver says this happens every day. so this time he grabbed his cell phone and shot video of the woman beating past the sidewalk. police caught up with her and gave her a ticket for not stopping behind the bus. >> that is truly -- >> people are are out the control. >> totally out of control! >> gosh. >> you are under control, spencer christian. >> unless i see a wooly mammoth then i will be out of control. >> then we are both out of

here. >> looking westward back across the bay on a mainly clear night. evidence of a little fog beginning to move in from the coast but most of it is right along the coastline as you will see here on the live doppler 7 hd radar image. fog is back and expected to get a little more widespread during the overnight hours. right now mainly clear skies and mild conditions. a cool 5 san francisco. 55 half moon bay and cooler up north. 57 santa rosa. is 60s and even 70s ness most other locations. 72 liver more. 76 antioch and 71 san rafael. the highlights. coastal fog back again tonight. a cooler pattern begins to set until. quite a few days starting on sunday. overnight tonight a pleasantly mild. low temperatures mainly low to mid 50s. cooler in the north bay valleys. 49 is santa rosa. 50 clover dale and, of course, fog back at the coast. water vapor satellite image shows a warm ridge of high

pressure trying to come together. the two component parts separated by a weakening area of low pressure. the ridge will come together and provide warm weather for the next couple of days. the fog quickly burns back to the coast and then away from the coast giving us sunny skies across the entear area with a wide range of temperatures from mid 60s, even mid to upper 60s in some coastal locations to 70s and 80s around the bay to mid 90s in the warmest inland spots. south bay, sunny skies, highs in the low to mid 80s. 82 santa clara. 85 campbell. on the peninsula. 77 sa san mateo. mid 60s on the coast at pacifica and half moon bay. downtown san francisco up to 70 degrees tomorrow. 65 in the sunset district. in the north bay, mainly 80s. mid 80s at calistoga and then mid 90s farther north at ukiah and clear lake. 77 newark. 80 castro valley.

the inland east bay the warmest region of the bay area overall with highs in the low to mid 90s. 91 concord and danville, pleasantton. 94 antioch and liver move. 70s watsonville and santa cruz and low 90s inland at gilroy and a morgan hill. the accuweather seven-day forecast. two very warm days coming our way thursday and friday. mid 90s inland. upper 60s on the coast. tapering off a few degrees on saturday. sunday starts the big cooldown. teaks us into next week and mid 80s inland. mid 70s around the bay and maybe 60 on the coast back to a more kind of a preautumn type pattern. >> still very nice. >> really lovely. >> thank you, spencer. coming up next, big changes coming to mcdonald's. the new item they are adding to the menu. plus, the best ads on tv and how you can catch a a a a a a h

mcdonalds adding a new item to its menus. calorie counts. they will start posting them on the restaurant menus. they are making the change as it tests out healthier items. the company is testing an egg mcmuffin made with egg whites and a whole grain muffin. and mcdonald's will also offer more seasonal fruits and vegetables. heidi coliseum appeared on katy he couric's new talk though which airs on abc 7. she admitted she is dating her body guard now but said she did not have an affair with him while still married to seal. seal says he accused her of starting the relationship before they were ever separate. >> i never looked at another man while i was with him and it

is hard when you think that he thinks that or i don't know, you know, he was hurt. >> katie airs at 3:00 p.m. and abc 7. tomorrow she will interview motivational speaker renee brown. big changes ahead for california workers. >> speaking as a 74-year-old i want to it see people working longer, a lot longer. the new pension plan and what it means is for your retirement. also, a judge clears the way for san francisco's bag ban to take effect next month. what the changes will mean for you. you. [ laughter ] [ girl ] wow. you guys have it easy. i wish i had u-verse when i was your age. in my day, we didn't have these fancy wireless receivers. blah, blah, blah. if i had a sleepover, i couldn't just move the tv into the playroom. no, we had to watch movies in the den because that's where the tv outlet was. and if dad was snoring on the couch,

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california's sweeping new pension reforms are law tonight. in los angeles today, governor brown signed a measure increasing the co--pay for new state employees benefits, reducing their retirement benefits and raising the age at which they can receive them. >> we are going to get people working longer. we are going to cap the amount. you you shouldn't be getting a pension when you make the bigger salaries like some of the managers do. the more money you make you are supposed to know how to invest it yourself. >> the reform bill caps pensions at $132,000 a year. the state's public pension funds are underfunded to the tune of $165 billion. the reforms are expected to save as much as $55 billion over the next 30 years. a controversial proposition on the november ballot is designed to bring in more money for california. critics say this could backfire and cause the state to lose money and jobs. capital correspondent nannette

miranda has the story. >> reporter: venture capitalist tom styer is trying to cement california's standing as the country's green leader by spear heading proposition 39 on the november ballot but how he wants to pay for the clean energy effort is controversial. take away what he calls a loophole allowing multistate corporations to it choose between two formulas when calculating state tax. was part of a late night deal in 2009 to entice republicans vote for the state budget. since then companies have chosen the farm la that means less money for the state. >> it is crazy to do that and we can't afford to give away over a billion dollars a year to companies from out of state. detroit automakers for example have a smaller state tax bail. fewer employees here but big sales of their products in california. some california companies like genentech say that is not fair. the bay area biotech firm decided to open an offense in

oregon to take advantage of the tax break. prop 39 stops rewarding companies for creating jobs out of state. with the billion dollars a year half of it will help retrofit public buildings for alternative energy for five years and help train a workforce to do the projects and the other half goes to the state budget to help schools. >> it brings over a billion dollars to the state every single year and the way it is constructed itle create tens of thousands, up to a hundred thousand jobs. >> multistate companies say changing the tax formula will actually cost california jobs. >> it will raise the cost of doing business in the state and that will hurt jobs. >> with no formal campaign launched to fight prop 39 it will be difficult to reach out to voters. >> it is hard to understand whatcom lexitys of corporate complexities really are and if you don't understand it you

should probably vote know. >> styer does admit that he invests in green tech companies but insists thisle not boost his portfolio. in sacramento, nannette miranda, abc 7 news. the city of hercules is still reeling over the way public money was spent by those running city hall. many of the politicians are now gone but today a new state audit sheds light on the city's questionable spending and accounting practices. news reporter nick smith has details. >> it is frustrating for us. >> reporter: craig stokes like most small business owners is careful to watch every penny he makes. >> a real hard couple of years from the second and third year in. >> that is why the findings of two state audits calling into question $50 million to redevelopment funds is frustrating. the mismanagement by city leaders almost pushed her are cue lease over a financial cliff, taking craig and his business along with it.

>> people start holding their wallet close to their body and nobody is out spending money. >> reporter: the audits cover the period from july 2005 through june of 2010. the biggest red flag was the use of credit cards and property transfers used with money targeted for redevelopment. the auditor accuses the former city manager of engaging in questionable business practices. those activities are now the subject of is several lawsuits filed on behalf of the city but the damage may have been done. city services placed into jeopardy. under from the public library to the police force under the microscope. the city had to stop development of some projects and sell some real estate to settle debt. >> where we are now is in the cleanup mode. >> reporter: steven durant is the new city manager and has been on-the-job less than a year. >> the community swept out the old city council and they are all new. they have been focusing on finance as the number one thing. >> reporter: and there has been

progress. a cal trans audit performed showed that the state was is capable of handling state and if federal funds in excess of 10 million today's fund a new amtrak station. >> today they would be able to find everything and see we are doing things the way we should be doing. >> the new city council has even won community support at the ballot box. 70% of voters approved a half cent sales tax expected to generate thousands of dollars in new revenue taking them on the path to fiscal solvency. a superior court judge has cleared the way for a tougher ban on plastic bags in san francisco. aerology late today upheld the new ordinance that expands the existing ban to all stores and restaurants. it takes effect at retail stores on october 1. the new ban will be impalemented in restaurants by next july. the decision came after plastic bag manufacturers tried to block the law. retailers will now charge 10

cents for paper or compostable bags. just a few days left before internet retailers are forced to charge sales tax. just ahead, the last minute rush for online shoppers. and they come in 30 second bursts of

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for years yew have been able to buy things online without paying sales tax. the honeymoon ends this weekend. after a drawn out battle with lawmakers amazon.com will collect a sales tax starting saturday. until then, a lot of people are cramming in last minute tax free shopping.

>> matthew bought 20 e-books from amazon.com this week. more than he can possibly read at once. >> buying more books lately. >> is isn't just a pen chant for reading. he knows this is the last week of tax free shopping on amazon. beginning saturday the internet giant will begin collecting sales taxes on california purchases for the first time ever. >> maybe sub consciously i'm trying to save the 8%. >> sales taxes in california range from 7.25 to 9.75%. that can add a big chunk to a purchase price, one amazon never collected until now. >> i think consumers will see this as a price increase without a warning. >> reporter: this marketing professor thinks most consumers to be shocked to fend the tax added to the price at checkout. >> most amazon customers are not aware this is coming on september 15. >> reporter: word is spreading fast on social media.

twitter ablaze with warnings like this one saying amazon begins collecting sales tax go on a spree. amazon won't say if sails spiked with last minute shopping but some say it is inevitable. >> this might be the incentive that they need to pull the trigger and do it now. >> reporter: that is golden gait university professor kate yarro. after saturday consumers might be less eager to buy. >> it is hard to take thing a's way from consumers without them becoming angry. what happens is they spend more time thinking about whether or not they actually want the product. >> reporter: she and others say many consumers have come to like shop from home. >> the ones who buy just about everything there are obsessed with the convenience are not having to wait in line, get in a car or drive, park. >> reporter: californians have been actually required to pay tax on internet purchases all along as a use tax reported on their state income tax returns. few actually pay it and enforcement has been lax.

new state law requires major online retailers like amazon to collect sales taxes from california consumers. amazon says it isn't worried about losing business. it already collects sales tax in 7 other states and the company says we are pleased to say we are thrive in those geographies because amazon offers low prices, fast selection and fast delivery. >> would i rather not pay taxes? i would rather not pay any taxes but that being said, you got to do what you got to do, right. >> michael fen any reporting there. the new law affects any out-of-state retail err that sells at least a million dollars worth of goods in california. not everything is taxable. e books are not a physical product so there is no sales tax for them. still to come, the commercials vying for the best ads of the year. plus, the new high tech glasses that may actually change how you wear glasses forever.

are you always switching eye glasses? really annoying. technology might have a solution for you. richard hart reports on the drive to discover the one lens to rule them all. >> i often work at home. i have the computer screen and things to read that are closer. i started off with progressives and i was one of those that liked to have the full lense for whatever i'm looking at. >> david is happy with his new high tech eye glasses. by sliding the bridge he with change lenses without chaining glasss.

>> it is real lay come by nation of two lense. the front a rigid normal lense and that has the distance prejim in it. the back is a fluid filled membrane. by moving the leader on the bridge you change the fluid filled membrane from zero to up to plus 2.75 so it has every distance and focal point from optical infinity to close reading. >> kathleen kennedy's for your eyes only is one of the first places in california to offer the new system alongside the array of designer frames she says san franciscoians demand. in the same price range, $600 to a thousand dollars. superfocus comes in an array of colors and tints but only one shape. >> then we get into the electronic age and in pow. today you have a touch interface on your phone and

tablet and dash board and now on the eye glasses. swipe of the temple and it is like changing glasses. >> you can turn them on to work. >> they are embedded with an oval of liquid crystal. they alter the magnify cake. a full charge lasts two to three days and they are also in the thousand dollars range. one of the first to offer them is walnut creek's art and science of eye wear where optics cher neumann says they are a lit with silicon valley types. the biggest change in 50 years. >> this is just the beginning. the future is bright for electronics in glasses. >> the high tech glasses aren't for everyone but definitely worth a look. with the next step in eye wear, richard hart, abc 7 news. astronomers talking about a flash in the sky millions of miles away from earth. you see it on the left of the screen. something hit jupiter and created a blast that was is visible here are on earth. still not sure what it is. the mars rover curiosity will be back in action on quite

night. it will hid the road after undergoing a series of health checks. has traveled more are than the length of a football field since it landed in a crater on mars last month. right now, weather for earth lings. >> okay, larry. start with the time lapse view. afternoon from the high definition mount tam camera looking down at the advancing marine layer. hasn't really advanced very far yet but looks impressive going through the golden gate. hasn't made its way to many inland locations yet but might overnight. statewide tomorrow sunny skies and warm. especially the interior parts of the state. mid 90s at chico and over 00 ao and palm springs. coast to inland, the summer spread, a high of 64 pacifica. up to 74 oakland. as we go into the inland east bay a high of 95 at brentwood. a 31-degree range between the coastal high and the inland high and here is how the

accuweather seven-day forecast is shaping up. thursday and friday tomorrow and friday we will see inland highs mid 90s, mid 80s. upper 60s along the coast. start to cool down a little bit on saturday. further cooling into next week but still remaining mild and pleasant through the seven-day forecast period. >> thank you, sensor. the best tv commercials of the year screening this week in san francisco. arts and entertainment reporter don sanchez has a preview. ♪ >> reporter: the career of justin bieber from you tube sensation to superstar. part of the best of show award for google chrome. his success story has inspired marketers. >> you are understanding that i better really give the audience something that is paying them and in essence they are going to pay me back bypassing it it on. >> sam miller heads the association of independent commercial producers which hands out the awards judged by a panel of professionals. italian beers. >> there is where plain became what plain became. >> the twirl of color is

actually yogurt. singing dogs. a car commercial. so is clint eastwood's two minute spot for chrysler about the aah you tow industry comeback. a five minute spot of a family looking for dad's old car. a mini movie. a discovery for film directors. >> they are great. you can play with new technologies and ideas and styles and not commit your life to it. >> reporter: some don't she away from controversy. a rough foul mouthed character to sell shoes. >> probably mothers and they probably have a lot of letters from a lot of groups that they offend. the fact is, it is going resonate with the core that he they want. >> espn shows the ridiculous lengths people will go to pay off bets. at the same time, advertisers don't shy away from serious social issues. this has become mao see he yum quality work that people can

study for generations. >> the museum of modern art in new york puts this in the permanent archives. we are up over 2,000 pieces over the last 21 years of collecting this work. >> the show is screening thursday night near the auto desk gallery at one market street. in san francisco, don sanchez, abc 7 news. fun spots there. mike shumann has been enjoying a cushy night in the sports department. >> right. filling in for larry beil. >> two strikes for the rockies >> two strikes for the rockies with tonight's

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teaming storeds the a's and the giants in the post season. >> taking two out of three from the rockies. tim lincecum got lency of offensive support. i asked the two young ladies what they think of larry beil. enough said. sanchez lifts one to left and brings home hunter pence. still in the first. brandon crawford slaps one to the right field corner. hector sanchez gets the green light. coming around third. gets the wind knocked out of him but stayed in the game. a solid outing for lincecum. six innings. walked four. struck out 8. top nine. giants add to the tally. hunter pence. standup rbi triple. giants win big. coupled with attorney loss to arizona, giants now up 7 in the national league west. a's and angels in

anaheim. a.j. griffin looked to extend h his winning streak to 6 games. defensive help in the fifth. cocoa crisp lays out. what a grab! a's leading 1-0. top six, homer off edwin santana. second homer in as many days and a's up 2-0. griffin on cruise control. 8 scoreless innings 6 hits no, walks, 6. s. 4-1 a's ninth. if they win it it will tie a franchise record set back in 1941. 49ers hosting detroit sunday in. the talk has been a rematch between head coaches jim harbaugh and jim warts. the host game handshake last year was deemed inappropriate in coaching circle kls. i think it was more the slap on the back. tired of hearing about it and has nothing to do with the game. 49ers thinking more about the

hands of mega tron. kalvin johnson. 6'5". 230. best wide receiver in the league with his size and speed and ability to stretch the field. >> i think all of the superlatives associated with kalvin johnson as a football player are accurate. he is a proven football player. and you know we are going to have to do a great job defending h him. >> a featured guy. everybody knows that. the biggest thing for us is to play our style of football and go out there and try to be physical and get our hands on him and try to slow that guy down. >> meanwhile, the raiders offensive struggles well documented the past few days and could get worse sunday against the dolphins. miami one of the best run dehe fences in the league. only 83-yards in the loss to houston last week. they needed some offense. raiders ran for only 45-yards. has to be run threat or teams will just pin their ears back and rush the quarterback. >> we got to get the running game going. i feel confident that we will be able to do it.

obviousry a tough challenge against a good run defense. so we got to be on our game. >> their front is very good either way. they have given people fits in the preseason and last week. got some really good pass rush and a good job against the run. just a very solid group. definitely the strength in their defense. >> the nfl network coming to abc 7 on thursday, october 18 and niners host seattle and then we have the raiders on thursday night as well and they host denver on december 6. the cal bears quite a schedule the next two weeks starting off in ohio to face the 12th ranked buckeyes of ohio state on saturday. the final week before they hit the pac 12 portion of their schedule. they have is not faced ohio state since 1972 and their quarterback understands the importance of this weekend's game style of cooking huge tradition. everybody knows ohio state and was raised watching those type of guys play.

it is a huge game for us and big game as well as the week after following up with usc. next game is the most important game so no matter who we are playing we are going to play the game like it is the biggest game of our lives. >> notre dame leaving the big east, jumping to the the acc conference in 2014 for all sports except football but they will remain independent but play five acc teams. the $7.5 million exit fee is forthcoming to the big east and i think they are a little afraid to face, florida state. >> what is going to be funny with the lions niners game. everybody will be rivetted for the end of the game when schwartz and harbaugh get together and see what is going to happen there. >> or maybe the beginning to see if they communicate ahead of time. >> there is not going to be a lot of talking before the game between those two. that is a wrap for us. for all of us here at abc 7